The general boundaries rule does not mean that the plan used in a contract or transfer may be ignored.
Judges:
Peter Gibson LJ
Citations:
Unreported, 8 February 1993
Statutes:
Land Registration Rules 1925 278
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Hunt v Weston Homes Plc ChD 31-Oct-2003
Neighbouring land owners disputed the boundary of their registered plots.
Held: The plans provided to the court and those based upon the land registry were inadequate properly to identify the boundaries. One plan of unspecified origin did give . .
Cited – Geoffrey Allan Chadwick, Sylvia Joyce Chadwick, Edward James Chadwick v Abbotswood Properties Ltd, Gordon Leonard Hauser, Pamela Ann Hauser, Rectory Pump Ltd ChD 18-May-2004
Between to new houses was a steep bank. Who owned it? Before the transfer there had been different plans and much correspondence.
Held: Where there was doubt as to the extent of land transferred, the court could look to the physical boundaries . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Registered Land, Legal Professions
Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.187486